About me

I am an IT enterprise support consultant, based off Montreal, QC, Canada. My services are free for teachers in Quebec province.

I am available for contracts in Quebec, across Canada or abroad (recently: Poland, Germany, Haiti, Colombia). Visit Le Goût du Libre or my personal site for more information.

I am an Ubuntu Member since 2005, and also Ubuntu Certified Professional + Ubuntu Certified instructor. From 2006 to 2010 I worked at Canonical, as a "Senior Ubuntu Systems Support Analyst". I am an avid GNU/Linux and free software user since Ubuntu's first version came out in 2004. My choice distributions are Debian and Trisquel, an Ubuntu derivative - but I play with many more.

I installed Ubuntu to my 60 yr.-old parents in Colombia (happy users since 5.04, switched to Trisquel in 2012)

I regularly relayed Ubuntu news and use cases to my business contacts and to the most active and visible organizations involved in free software and free computing in Quebec province.

Over the past years I have created lots of marketing material, including a CD-insert in spanish and french to help promote Ubuntu through CDs.

Plans & vision for Ubuntu

When I discovered Ubuntu I understood its role as an essential tool to make GNU/Linux more accessible to everyone, starting with my parents and close friends. Its community was the first open enough to let anyone participate to the extent of their abilities and availability. I have now moved to using more and more an Ubuntu derivative, Trisquel while also exploring Ubuntu's upstream Debian.

I am critical of decisions taken by Canonical, particularly the inclusion of non-free software and features that can be compared to malware, introducing privacy issues: